A Day in Port DouglasJohn’s Surprise for MeJohn has a surprise for me this morning. He says not to eat breakfast and that we leaving at 7:20am. It isn’t until we are in the car that I realize that he has booked us into Breakfast with the Birds at the Port Douglas Wildlife Habitat. He knows me so well. Breakfast is very cool with all kinds of birds/parrots wandering around. …
Great Barrier Reef- Part 2Wavelength TourToday we have a full day of snorkeling in the Great Barrier Reef. We are going with a company called Wavelength Reef Cruises which operates a much larger boat than our first reef tour. It also includes snacks, lunch and tea/coffee and a marine biologist who gives a seminar and takes us on an underwater tour.It takes 1.5 hours to get out to the …
Great Barrier Reef – Part 1MacKay ReefWe are up early for our first snorkel tour on the Great Barrier Reef with Ocean Safari. We rent wetsuits for the occasion.As Cape Tribulation has no marina, we walk about 300 metres from the tour office along a path through the mangrove forest to Myall Beach and then wade into the water to board our boat. It takes us about half an …
